Analysis of Let Us Give Thanks



If we have lived another year
And, counting friends by regiments
Who share our love and confidence,
Find no more broken ranks,
For this let us give thanks.

If, since the last Thanksgiving-time,
Have we been blessed with strength and health,
And added to our honest wealth,
Nor lost by broken banks,
For this would we give thanks.

If through adversity we trod,
Yet with serene and smiling face,
And trusted more to saving grace
Than charlatans and cranks,
For this let us give thanks.

If we have somehow worried through
The ups and downs along life's track,
And still undaunted can look back
And smile at Fortune's pranks,
For this would we give thanks.

If every page in our account
With God and man is fairly writ,
We care not who examines it,
With no suspicious blanks,
For this let us give thanks.


Scheme xxxaA xbbaA xccaA xddaA xeeaA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110101 01011100 111010100 111101 111111 1101101 11111101 010110101 111101 111111 11010011 11010101 01011101 110001 111111 1111101 01010111 01010111 011101 111111 1100101001 11011101 11110101 110101 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 783
Words 146
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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